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ligneous

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore L words

consisting of or resembling wood; having the texture or nature of wood

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The old stem had become ligneous over time, losing all its green flexibility.

Synonyms
woodywoodenhardfibrous
Antonyms
softfleshyherbaceous

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Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Ligneous (adjective) means consisting of or resembling wood; having the texture or nature of wood
Here is ligneous used in an example sentence: "The old stem had become ligneous over time, losing all its green flexibility."
Common synonyms for ligneous include woody, wooden, hard, fibrous.
Antonyms of ligneous include soft, fleshy, herbaceous.
Ligneous is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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